Month: January 2022
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Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba in the middle with other people at Mityana Hospital Mityana districts authorities want the government to elevate Mityana General Hospital to a Regional Referral facility to effectively handle the high volume of patients. Led by the Housing and Lands Minister and former Mityana District Woman Member of parliament, Judith Nabakooba, the […]
A section of Katakwi district Councillors the Resident District Commissioners John Steven Ekoom transferred. The councilors accuse Ekoom of clashing with political leaders and threatening to arrest them without justification. They also accuse him of masterminding the livestock quarantine. President, Yoweri Museveni deployed Ekoom to Katakwi district in February 2021. It came after some residents […]
Police have impounded a vehicle registration number UG 2339W that belongs to Busia district local government for alleged misuse. Police intercepted the vehicle after finding it loaded with Sand at Busime landing site in Busime Sub-county destined for an unknown location. Mathew Tusubira, the Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner-RDC, says that he ordered police to […]
Police have impounded a vehicle registration number UG 2339W that belongs to Busia district local government for alleged misuse. Police intercepted the vehicle after finding it loaded with Sand at Busime landing site in Busime Sub-county destined for an unknown location. Mathew Tusubira, the Busia Deputy Resident District Commissioner-RDC, says that he ordered police to […]
Uganda has fully reopened education institutions after nearly 22 months of closure to combat the spread of COVID-19. This morning, millions of Ugandan learners are reporting back to school for physical learning activities. Uganda has had the longest school closure due to COVID-19 with a section of learners having stayed at home since March 2020 […]
Reptile conservationists have appealed for the safe handling of stray snakes in homes to help preserve endangered species. Snakes implant a deep-rooted fear in many people. Uganda is home to over 110 venomous and non-venomous snake species. Of those, 15 of the species have been enlisted as nationally endangered types due to their sudden rapid population shrinkage. […]
Mbarara City Football club has petitioned the Uganda Premier League (UPL) secretariat claiming that KCCA FC used a player who was not allowed to feature in a match on January 5th, 2022. In the said StarTimes Uganda Premier League played at the MTN Omondi stadium in Lugogo, KCCA FC defeated Mbarara City FC 1-0. But […]
Uganda’s public debt has risen to 73.8 trillion shillings (about 20.8 billion US dollars), according to provisional figures at the Bank of Uganda up to the month of October 2021. By the end of June 2021, the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development reported that the debt had gone up by more than a […]
Government has stopped all private and government-funded schools from increasing tuition fees. The decision comes at a time when many schools in the country had opted to increase fees as a way to raise money to pay back school loans. The Minister of Education stopped schools from asking parents to pay top-up fees for learners […]
No school in Mpigi District will reopen next week before fulfilling the guidelines for controlling the spread of Covid-19. Mpigi District Education Officer Deogratius Ssekyole said that the directive is meant to ensure that there are no covid-19 cases. Speaking during a meeting for private headteachers and school owners on Thursday, Ssekyole also said that […]
